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Kevin Stachelek
· Ph.D Candidate, University of Southern California
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Last updated on 2022-10-25
Education
PhD Candidate, Cancer Biology and Genomics
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
hideme
2018 —
M.S. Translational Biotechnology
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
hideme
2015
B.A. Biology
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
hideme
2013
Professional Experience
Graduate Student Researcher
University of Southern CaliforniaPI: David Cobrinik
hideme
2018 —
Technician
Children’s Hospital Los AngelesPI: David Cobrinik
hideme
2013 — 2018
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Southern CaliforniaPI: John Tower
hideme
2012 — 2013
Grant Support
NIH-NIDCD F31 DC019853-01: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
hideme
2021 — 2023
St. Baldrick’s
hideme
2021 — 2023
Scholarships and Awards
Undergraduate SOAR
hideme
2013
Publications
Li, H.-T., Xu, L., Weisenberger, D. J., Li, M., Zhou, W., Peng, C.-C., Stachelek, K., Cobrinik, D., Liang, G. & Berry, J. L. Characterizing DNA methylation signatures of retinoblastoma using aqueous humor liquid biopsy. Nat Commun 13, 5523 (2022).
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Cambier, L., Stachelek, K., Triska, M., Jubran, R., Huang, M., Li, W., Zhang, J., Li, J. & Cobrinik, D. Extracellular vesicle-associated repetitive element DNAs as candidate osteosarcoma biomarkers. Sci Rep 11, 94 (2021).
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Kaneva, K., Merkurjev, D., Ostrow, D., Ryutov, A., Triska, P., Stachelek, K., Cobrinik, D., Biegel, J. A. & Gai, X. Detection of mitochondrial DNA variants at low level heteroplasmy in pediatric CNS and extra-CNS solid tumors with three different enrichment methods. Mitochondrion 51, 97–103 (2020).
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Berry, J. L., Xu, L., Kooi, I., Murphree, A. L., Prabakar, R. K., Reid, M., Stachelek, K., Le, B. H. A., Welter, L., Reiser, B. J., Chévez-Barrios, P., Jubran, R., Lee, T. C., Kim, J. W., Kuhn, P., Cobrinik, D. & Hicks, J. Genomic cfDNA analysis of aqueous humor in retinoblastoma predicts eye salvage: the surrogate tumor biopsy for retinoblastoma. Molecular Cancer Research 16, 1701–1712 (2018).
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Singh, H. P., Wang, S., Stachelek, K., Lee, S., Reid, M. W., Thornton, M. E., Craft, C. M., Grubbs, B. H. & Cobrinik, D. Developmental stage-specific proliferation and retinoblastoma genesis in RB-deficient human but not mouse cone precursors. PNAS 115, E9391–E9400 (2018).
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Kim, J. W., Jacobsen, B., Zolfaghari, E., Ferrario, A., Chevez-Barrios, P., Berry, J. L., Lee, D. K., Rico, G., Madi, I., Rao, N., Stachelek, K., Wang, L.-C. & Gomer, C. Rabbit model of ocular indirect photodynamic therapy using a retinoblastoma xenograft. Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 255, (2017).
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Berry, J. L., Xu, L., Murphree, A. L., Krishnan, S., Stachelek, K., Zolfaghari, E., McGovern, K., Lee, T. C., Carlsson, A., Kuhn, P., Kim, J. W., Cobrinik, D. & Hicks, J. Potential of aqueous humor as a surrogate tumor biopsy for retinoblastoma. JAMA Ophthalmology 135, 1221–1230 (2017).
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Stachelek, K., Harutyunyan, N., Lee, S., Harutyunyan, A., Kim, J., Xu, L., Berry, J. L., Nagiel, A., Reynolds, C. P., Murphree, A. L., Lee, T. C., Aparicio, J. G. & Cobrinik, D. Non-Synonymous, synonymous, and non-coding nucleotide variants contribute to recurrently altered biological processes during retinoblastoma progression. Submitted.
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Shayler, D., Stachelek, K., Lee, S., Bai, J., Aparicio, J. G., Kim, Y., Singh, M., Bay, M., Thornton, M., Craft, C., Grubbs, B., Bonaguidi, M., Singh, H., & Cobrinik, David. Single cell transcriptomics reveals novel photoreceptor trajectories and a cancer-predisposed cone precursor state.
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Refereed Presentations
CBDI
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2022
BMM
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TSRI
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Keystone
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Software & Technology
SeuratTools
hideme
2022
Teaching
Introduction to R: Workshop for incoming PhD students - University of Southern California
hideme
2022
- Led, organized, and co-designed 3-day workshop
Introduction to R: Workshop for incoming PhD students - University of Southern California
hideme
2021
- Led, organized, and co-designed 3-day workshop